All Chapters of Symbiosis: Growth of Lichens in Ochre soil: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40
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The Truth
It was already morning when Jina opened her eyes. She was frightened at first with the unfamiliar surroundings, but eventually recognized it as a hospital room. She saw Chan dozing off near her bed and decided to get up without waking him. After all this was the best chance to escape from here, before any one knows.But Chan woke up sensing movement from the bed. He quickly helped Jina sit up and asked, “How are you feeling now? Should I call the doctor? Or are you hungry? I will get you something to eat first.”Jina resisted Chan’s intimacy and concern. She moved back in to the bed’s corner to distance herself from Chan. She said, “Let me go from here. Please…Please leave me alone.”Chan understood what Jina was saying and how she was feeling. He decided not to argue with her but instead took their marriage certificate and placed them on her lap. He had asked Mr. P to retrieve it, last night itself, along with some clothes for him to change. It was better if she herself found out the
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The Deal
“The fault was definitely with you and the Shaws. You people hadn’t seen me before and also failed to enquire about my identity. I was also very lucky that you and Anaya couldn’t break my lies.”“The photo! The person in the photo, who was he?”Chan understood that Jina was referring to the person, he identified as Neil in the photo Anaya had. He said with a smile, “You still couldn’t recognize him? He has been around me all these days.”“You mean…that’s Mr. P?” Jina couldn’t belief herself. She found that she was indeed very stupid.“Yes. He is actually my assistant, before and now also. Peng is a very loyal and reliable person. He is a very good friend too. You will realize it, if you get along with him.”“Okay. I admit that I was indeed very stupid. But why you stayed back as Anaya’s husband, when you knew all the truth?” Jina took some time to order things out before asking this. She was trying to fill in the blanks Chan had left in the story. “Because…I had something to retrieve
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Discussions and Decisions
Ultimately Jina agreed to Chan and decided to become a good wife for the time being. From the day she came back from the hospital, Jina took over all the responsibilities in the house. From cooking to cleaning and even washing and arranging Chan’s clothes, she did everything to please Chan. Chan was also obviously happy with Jina’s new attitude. According to him, she was becoming more lovable.Chan and Mr. P were having a discussion in his office. Chan was looking at some file and Mr. P was waiting for his response.“When can we start?” Chan asked.“By next week, Boss,” Mr. P replied.“I will inform Jina and let’s try to keep the schedule.”“Yes, Boss,” Mr. P answered.“Boss, aren’t you being too patient with ma’am?” Mr. P asked, though he knew it may not be appropriate to ask.“She is my wife. Shouldn’t I be tolerant with her?” Chan said without raising his head from the file.“But boss, what makes you love her this much?” Mr. P asked again.“I don’t love her; yet,” Chan said emphasi
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New Role
When Chan came back from the office, Jina was in the courtyard. So he directly went to change clothes without calling her.Jina was folding the washed clothes and arranging Chan’s dry cleaned suits. She took everything together and walked into Chan’s room without seeing that Chan was changing his shirt. The clothes obscured her vision and she bumped into Chan who hadn’t finished changing.The suits’ hanger scratched Chan’s ears and got stuck in his collar. Jina dropped everything at once and stood there looking at Chan, without knowing what to do.“Will you untie this?” Chan asked Jina while trying to remove the hanger from his collar.“Ah… I’m sorry…sorry… I didn’t see you. I will remove it now,” said Jina and she stood on her toes to untangle his collar and hanger.She was trying to keep her distance from him while tip toeing and removing the hanger at the same time. All the balancing failed when she took the suits out and slipped on the clothes she had dropped.Chan grabbed Jina by
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Curcumin
Jina opened the file which Chan had given her. It contained the details of experiments her mother conducted before the tragedy occurred in her laboratory. As Chan suspected, this could be the reason for why doom befell on her family. Jina studied everything written in that, very carefully.Jina’s mother, Jie Hain was a pioneer in pharmaceutical research. Her father Feng Hain and brother Jian run their pharmaceutical company ‘Live On’. The company had successfully launched many drugs at much cheaper rates, especially life-saving drugs under Jie Hain’s contributions. Her researches were mainly focused in developing cancer treatment drugs at a cheaper and much efficient manner, that too with minimal side effects.Curcumin – which is extracted from Curcuma longa or turmeric was the focus of Jie Hain’s research. Curcumin was found to have unique anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. It aids in increasing immunity and faster healing. Jie Hain was researching on its further benefits
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First Day At Work
Jina looked at Chan leaving and then turned to greet her new colleagues. She was extremely happy to have her own laboratory to work with. The only problem was that it was right under Chan’s nose. She understood that Chan was keeping a close tab on everything.“Nice to meet you guys,” Jina greeted her assistants.“Welcome ma’am,” the two replied in unison.“Oh…please don’t call me ma’am. I am your colleague here. Let’s get along like that. I am more comfortable that way.” Jina said awkwardly on hearing them call her ma’am. Last time Anna also called her ma’am and it made her feel isolated.“But you are our boss’s wife and our superior. We can’t ignore the rules. Moreover this is comfortable for us.” The guy in them said. He was tall and young; a handsome nerd, from the looks of it.The other was a skinny girl with glasses. She gave an aura of a bookish and silent person. Both were fresh researchers in the same field and Mr. P had personally recruited them both from top universities.Ji
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Confrontation with Anaya
Jina realized what Chan had said, only after reaching the cafeteria. By then Chan had pulled a chair for Jina and went to order two drinks and pastries. Every employee at the cafeteria was now looking at Jina in envy. Their boss had brought his wife for snacks and was going to eat with her. They realized the meaning of Anna’s words now - ‘Boss is sensitive to matters related to his wife.’When Jina looked around, she saw the envious admiration in other’s eyes and felt uncomfortable. On seeing Chan return with food, she said in a low voice, “Everyone is looking at us. Shall we leave?”Chan laughed lightly on hearing her. “Why? Are we doing something shameful here?” he asked in a teasing tone.“But… they…” Jina tried to make him realize what she was saying.“Sh… Don’t talk while eating. Have you never learnt any table manners?” Chan said as he kept his finger on her lips to stop her from complaining.Chan and Jina’s cute interactions were really heartbreaking for the female employees pr
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Tour Plan
“What will happen to them, now?” Jina asked while tagging along Chan.“I told them that I am leaving, didn’t I? It’s not my problem anymore,” Chan replied Jina nonchalantly.Jina realized that sometimes Chan is a very unreasonable and petty person and nodded her head in agreement.As for Anaya and Leo, of course they couldn’t see Neil and had to return in disappointment and it repeated for a couple of days.Chan remembered what Leo had said about settling scores. Chan was actually occupied with their business and Jina, that he forgot about Leo’s case. Now that he made another issue, Chan wasn’t going to let him roam free.Chan called Mr. P to look into Leo Sun’s family business. Leo’s father Duo Sun was running a super market chain, in and out the Ochre city. Chan specifically told Mr. P to enquire about their present conditions and market stability. He had already decided on the safest and easiest way to teach him a lesson. Moreover, it will let everyone else know that the Lichen Con
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In a room
Jina took three days leave and gave Merin and Siwan off for the same days. They also had worked really hard. To repeat experiments from its reports and getting the same results in such a short time was not an easy task at all. So she asked them to relax before starting the next set of experiments.Jina took half the day to clean the house, which had been pending for some time now. Chan was doing enough by maintaining it tidily, considering how a chairman of a business empire was already cooking for both of them after his job. So Jina did all her undone works and then packed her bag for the trip. Chan had said that he will come to pick up in the afternoon, so she waited for his arrival.As planned, Chan came to pick her up along with Mr. P. The three of them took Chan’s car and Tim Tim and another two guards followed in another. It was a five hour trip to the said town.Jina spend some time by watching how the landscapes changed. From tall gray buildings, green trees became more visibl
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Acquisition
By the time Jina woke up, Chan had already ordered breakfast for both of them. She sat up and saw Chan already dressed in his usual style and checking his laptop. He seemed busy. But under the morning sunlight, he had an irresistible charm. The way he occasionally picked up his coffee cup, noted something on his files and adjusted his sleeves, were really eye pleasing. Jina was lost in the scene she saw first after opening her eyes. Chan noticed Jina’s expression and smiled at her. That was remarkable. Jina had never seen Chan this pleasant or attractive before. She was awed by his smile with an opened mouth. “Are you still dreaming?” Chan asked while typing in something in his laptop. He was busy with his works, but was still meticulous about everything related to Jina. “No… Good morning…,” Jina said with an awkward smile. “Hm… morning, if you say so. But it’s already ten o’clock. I have work and you are coming with me. So hurry and get ready,” Chan replied without even raising h
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